Ama Amponsah
Growing up in a Ghanaian household, Ama was raised to understand the importance of tradition and culture. She formed a deep appreciation for oral history and preservation during her time at Washington College. She began working as an Intern for the Starr Center on the Urgent Care: Public History & Modern Pandemics Projects and the Chesapeake Heartland Project in 2020. During the Summer of 2021, Ama also worked as a Music Curation and Education Intern at the National Museum of African American History and Culture. She is a recent graduate of Washington College with a B.A. in Anthropology and a minor in Chemistry. Post-graduation, she plans to enter the Peace Corps and later get her Master’s degree in Public Health.
Big Sass
Here I am back again,
The Hip-Hop Time Capsule is ready to begin.
You knew me as Drama, but I’m on a new wave.
Say hello to Big Sass, she’s about to be your new crave.
Big Sass comes from playing on the style of rappers' names like Big Sean, or Big Latto. Sass specifically comes from the Sassafras river here in Maryland. Whenever I come to Chestertown, I have to cross the Sassafras, so I decided to represent crossing that path to enter somewhere new in my MC name. Thus, Big Sass was born. Also, during my time as a student at Washington College, I lived in the Sassafras dorm for two school years and have very fond memories connecting me to that dorm.